(Soft piano chords drift in)
(Faint, distant cello resonance)
The candles flicker on the table for two
I'm counting years and the things we went through
Mercy Kabaso, your name is a ghost in the hall
I’m staring at pictures, waiting for shadows to fall
We promised forever under a younger moon
But the seasons changed and we withered too soon
It’s our anniversary, the date is still set
But I’m drinking the wine of a heavy regret
Oh, Mercy, the silence is louder than pride
There’s nowhere for all of this heartbreak to hide
Our love was a garden that turned into stone
Now I’m celebrating this ending alone
Mercy Kabaso, you’re drifting away
While I hold the pieces of yesterday
I hear your voice in the creak of the floor
But you don’t reach out for my hand anymore
We built up a castle with words meant to last
But the mortar was shallow, the future was past
I trace the lines where your ring used to lay
Watching the colors all bleed into gray
Mercy, I’m haunted by all we defined
Leaving the wreckage of us far behind
Oh, Mercy, the silence is louder than pride
There’s nowhere for all of this heartbreak to hide
Our love was a garden that turned into stone
Now I’m celebrating this ending alone
Mercy Kabaso, you’re drifting away
While I hold the pieces of yesterday
Does it burn when you hear the songs that we played?
Does the guilt keep you awake in the light of the shade?
I’m letting you go, though it tears me in two
Finding the strength to stop loving you
Oh, Mercy, the silence is louder than pride
There’s nowhere for all of this heartbreak to hide
Our love was a garden that turned into stone
Now I’m celebrating this ending alone
Mercy Kabaso, you’re drifting away
While I hold the pieces of yesterday
The candles are dimming, the night’s getting cold
A story finished before it grew old
Goodbye to the mercy I thought that I knew
I’m closing the book on the ghost of you
(Fade out with lonely piano melody)